Restructuring the Soviet Economy

The future of the former Soviet Union is one of the crucial questions for the 1990s, and the success or failure of perestroika is central to this issue. Restructuring the Soviet Economy examines the disintegration of the Soviet economy, arguing that the current chaos can be understood only in the context of the failure of fifty years of central planning. David Dyker focuses on the crisis points\Msome new, some perennial\Mwithin the Soviet economy: the relationship between the enterprise, the regions, and the center; agriculture; investment and stagnation; inflation and the budget deficit. In conclusion, Dyker assesses whether the most ambitious attempt ever made to reform the Soviet economy will succeed.